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Isaiah
43:1-7
Psalm
29
Acts
8:14-17
Luke
3:15-17, 21-22
Isaiah
43:1-7
43:1 But now thus says the
LORD, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: Do
not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you
are mine.
43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through
the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through
fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
43:3
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I
give Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.
43:4
Because you are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you,
I give people in return for you, nations in exchange for your
life.
43:5
Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from
the east, and from the west I will gather you;
43:6
I will say to the north, "Give them up," and to the
south, "Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my
daughters from the end of the earth--
43:7
everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory,
whom I formed and made."
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Psalm
29
29:1 Ascribe to the LORD, O
heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
29:2
Ascribe to the LORD the glory of his name; worship the LORD in
holy splendor.
29:3
The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory
thunders, the LORD, over mighty waters.
29:4
The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full
of majesty.
29:5
The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks the
cedars of Lebanon.
29:6
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild
ox.
29:7
The voice of the LORD flashes forth flames of fire.
29:8
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the
wilderness of Kadesh.
29:9
The voice of the LORD causes the oaks to whirl, and strips the
forest bare; and in his temple all say, "Glory!"
29:10
The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD sits enthroned as
king forever.
29:11
May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his
people with peace!
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Acts
8:14-17
8:14 Now when the apostles
at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they
sent Peter and John to them.
8:15
The two went down and prayed for them that they might receive the
Holy Spirit
8:16
(for as yet the Spirit had not come upon any of them; they had
only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus).
8:17
Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received
the Holy Spirit.
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Luke
3:15-17, 21-22
3:15 As the people were
filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts
concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah,
3:16
John answered all of them by saying, "I baptize you with
water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not
worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with
the Holy Spirit and fire.
3:17
His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor
and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will
burn with unquenchable fire."
3:21
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had
been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,
3:22
and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove.
And a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, the Beloved;
with you I am well pleased."
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